The development history of distance education in the world and China shows that in the 265,438+0 century, open distance education will become an important part of higher education and lifelong education systems in all countries in the information society, and will have an increasingly significant impact on the global international education pattern. The investigation on the theoretical research and discipline construction of distance education shows that distance education has become an independent discipline and specialty, both in theoretical research and in university teaching.

Gus once said: If a nation wants to stand at the peak of science, it can not do without theoretical thinking for a moment. ? Are there all kinds of related majors in education in China University? Distance education? The course is timely. Offering distance education courses and majors in Chinese universities and carrying out the teaching and research work of distance education disciplines are conducive to summing up the practical experience of distance education in China, making theoretical generalization and innovation, creating China model and China distance open education school, and making our contribution to the prosperity and development of distance education in the world; It is beneficial to learn from the practical experience and theoretical research results of distance education in various countries in the world, so that the theoretical research and teaching of distance education in China have a high starting point and quick results; At the same time, it is helpful to better guide educational decision-making with theory. This is because distance education has become a new growth point of education development in all countries of the world, which has attracted the attention of the international community and the education sector and become one of the new hot spots of educational decision-making in all countries.

In addition, the theoretical research and discipline construction of distance education will be beneficial to guide the practical activities of open and distance education, to guide the management of distance teaching, distance learning and distance education, and to cultivate distance education professionals and the formation, perfection and development of professional teams.

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